City of Seattle v. Bell
Decision Date | 03 July 1939 |
Docket Number | 27548. |
Parties | CITY OF SEATTLE v. BELL, Police Judge. |
Court | Washington Supreme Court |
Department 2.
Certiorari proceeding by the City of Seattle against Willam R. Bell, as Police Judge, to review proceedings in the criminal action of the City of Seattle against E. Rogers and another. From a judgment for petitioner, the respondent appeals.
Appeal dismissed.
Appeal from Superior Court, King County; Donald A. McDonald, judge.
Edgar S. Hadley, of Seattle, for appellant.
A. C Van Soelen, C. V. Hoard and Tom M. Alderson, all of Seattle for respondent.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court entered after a hearing upon a writ of certiorari issued out of that court and directed to William R. Bell, as police judge of the city of Seattle.
December 16, 1938, upon petition of J. Bruce MacDougall, acting city attorney of the city of Seattle, the superior court of King county issued a writ of certiorari directed to William R. Bell, as police judge, commanding him to certify and transmit to the superior court all records and proceedings of the police court in the criminal action of the city of Seattle against E. Rogers and D. Campbell.
In response to the writ the police judge transmitted the records to the superior court December 19, 1938. The records disclosed that October 25, 1938, criminal complaints were filed in the police court of the city of Seattle charging E Rogers and D. Campbell with the commission of a misdemeanor prohibited by §§ 245, 246, and 276 of Ordinance No. 48022. These sections read:
The charge in each case recited that the defendant, 'as principal, managing agent or supervisor, and as solicitor, collector and salesman, did solicit, collect and receive money for the sale of tickets and he did represent that the proceeds of such solicitation and/or sale or any part thereof are to be used for purposes of charity, relief or benefit and did receive for such solicitation and/or sale or is to receive directly or indirectly compensation or reward therefor without having a license so to do.'
It further appeared that the defendants were arrested, brought Before the court, entered pleas of not guilty, and orally demurred to the complaint 'on the ground and for the reason that Sections 276, 245 and 246 of Ordinance No. 48022, as amended, on which the said complaint herein is based, are unconstitutional and void and that said complaint fails to state a cause of action or to charge a crime against the defendants.' The demurrers were sustained.
In the superior court the police judge presented a motion to dismiss the writ upon the ground:
'1. That said Writ does not lie, in that the Plaintiff, The City of Seattle, has a plain, speedy and adequate remedy at law, by appeal.
After a hearing the court entered an order denying the motion, and decreed that the order of the police judge in sustaining the demurrers of defendants Rogers and Campbell be annulled and set aside. The police court was directed to take further proceedings in the cases against Rogers and Campbell consistent with the terms of the judgment.
William R. Bell, as police judge, has appealed from the judgment of the superior court urging that the court erred in not holding the ordinance to be unconstitutional, and in violation of § 12, Article I, of the Constitution of the state of Washington and Article I [section 1] of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, U.S.C.A., in granting the writ of certiorari, and in directing that the defendants be held for trial.
Respondent has presented a motion asking that this appeal be dismissed upon two grounds: First, that the order appealed from is not a final appealable order, and, second, that the appeal was not taken...
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